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** The mobile version’s also-false advertising as a “pull the pin”-style puzzle game has also been subjected to this, with a few games popping up that actually offer the type of gameplay in question as a direct response.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Could be argued that ''the'' reason this game was known ''at all'' was because of its infamous advertising, otherwise it probably wouldn't have a Wiki/TVTropes page either and would have ended up forgotten as a bad game with nothing that stands out about it.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Could be argued that ''the'' reason this game was known ''at all'' was because of its infamous advertising, otherwise it probably wouldn't have a Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes page either and would have ended up forgotten as a bad game with nothing that stands out about it.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: ''Evony'' is, gameplay-wise, an exact clone of an earlier Chinese browser game known as ''Kingory'' (they're even based off the same source code, and may or may not have been made by the same company), which most people have never heard of.
** Oddly enough, ''Evony'' itself might be falling victim to this. While it's still very infamous (just look at all the various things that reference it), in terms of actual gameplay and player base it's not looking good. On top of the "covert spyware" and "lackluster ad campaigning" controversies, it's being massively out-competed by its own copycats, who've not only improved on a lot of ''Evony''[='=]s flaws as a game but also have refrained from being spyware.
** Oddly enough, ''Evony'' itself might be falling victim to this. While it's still very infamous (just look at all the various things that reference it), in terms of actual gameplay and player base it's not looking good. On top of the "covert spyware" and "lackluster ad campaigning" controversies, it's being massively out-competed by its own copycats, who've not only improved on a lot of ''Evony''[='=]s flaws as a game but also have refrained from being spyware.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: AdaptationDisplacement:
** ''Evony'' is, gameplay-wise, an exact clone of an earlier Chinese browser game known as ''Kingory'' (they're even based off the same source code, and may or may not have been made by the same company), which most people have never heard of.
** Oddly enough, the original ''Evony'' itselfmight be falling had fallen victim to this. While it's it was still very infamous (just look at all the various things that reference it), in terms of actual gameplay and player base it's not looking didn't look good. On top of the "covert spyware" and "lackluster ad campaigning" controversies, it's being it was massively out-competed by its own copycats, who've not only improved on a lot of ''Evony''[='=]s flaws as a game but also have refrained from being spyware.
** ''Evony'' is, gameplay-wise, an exact clone of an earlier Chinese browser game known as ''Kingory'' (they're even based off the same source code, and may or may not have been made by the same company), which most people have never heard of.
** Oddly enough, the original ''Evony'' itself
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* MemeticMutation: Ads featuring an attractive woman entreating "my Lord" are probably a nod to the game's ad campaign. Though given ''Evony''[='s=] bad press, ads tend to spoof their style rather than straight-up imitate it — ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has an ad with a decaying zombie girl wearing a crown prompting you to "save your queen", while one for ''VideoGame/{{Alteil}}'' features a girl and boasts "She is actually in our game, my Lord!"
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* MemeticMutation: MemeticMutation:
** Ads featuring an attractive woman entreating "my Lord" are probably a nod to the game's ad campaign. Though given ''Evony''[='s=] bad press, ads tend to spoof their style rather than straight-up imitate it — ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has an ad with a decaying zombie girl wearing a crown prompting you to "save your queen", while one for ''VideoGame/{{Alteil}}'' features a girl and boasts "She is actually in our game, my Lord!"
** Ads featuring an attractive woman entreating "my Lord" are probably a nod to the game's ad campaign. Though given ''Evony''[='s=] bad press, ads tend to spoof their style rather than straight-up imitate it — ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has an ad with a decaying zombie girl wearing a crown prompting you to "save your queen", while one for ''VideoGame/{{Alteil}}'' features a girl and boasts "She is actually in our game, my Lord!"
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Could be argued that ''the'' reason this game is known ''at all'' is because of its infamous advertising, otherwise it probably wouldn't have a Wiki/TVTropes page either and would have ended up forgotten as a bad game with nothing that stands out about it.
* OvershadowedByControversy: ''Evony'' is mostly known for its infamous advertising campaign, with promises of sexy women [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame that ended up nowhere to be seen in the actual game]]. Accusations of promotion via spamming blogs and the game being spyware have also left people more interested in the controversies surrounding the game than the game itself.
* OvershadowedByControversy: ''Evony'' is mostly known for its infamous advertising campaign, with promises of sexy women [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame that ended up nowhere to be seen in the actual game]]. Accusations of promotion via spamming blogs and the game being spyware have also left people more interested in the controversies surrounding the game than the game itself.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Could be argued that ''the'' reason this game is was known ''at all'' is was because of its infamous advertising, otherwise it probably wouldn't have a Wiki/TVTropes page either and would have ended up forgotten as a bad game with nothing that stands out about it.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The original incarnation of ''Evony''is was mostly known for its infamous advertising campaign, with promises of sexy women [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame that ended up nowhere to be seen in the actual game]]. Accusations of promotion via spamming blogs and the game being spyware have also left people more interested in the controversies surrounding the game than the game itself.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The original incarnation of ''Evony''
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* TamerAndChaster: The ads for ''The King's Return'' features little to no scantily clad women and more endorsements from A-list celebrities. And puzzles.
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* TamerAndChaster: The ads for ''The King's Return'' features little to no scantily clad women and more endorsements from A-list celebrities. And puzzles.
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** ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'': [[http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic625099.jpg Pants, m'lord?]]
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* OvershadowedByControversy: ''Evony'' is mostly known for its infamous advertising campaign, with promises of sexy women [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame that ended up nowhere to be seen in the actual game]]. Accusations of promotion via spamming blogs and the game being spyware have also left people more interested in the controversies surrounding the game than the game itself.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Some of the ads (such as one ''solely consisting of a pair of breasts in a black lace bra'') are so incredibly sleazy that they become laughable.
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This is Flame Bait now.
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** Oddly enough, ''Evony'' itself might be falling victim to this. While it's still enormously infamous as a source of SnarkBait and parody (just look at all the various things that reference it), in terms of actual gameplay and player base it's not looking good. On top of the "covert spyware" and "lackluster ad campaigning" controversies, it's being massively out-competed by its own copycats, who've not only improved on a lot of ''Evony''[='=]s flaws as a game but also have refrained from being spyware.
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** Oddly enough, ''Evony'' itself might be falling victim to this. While it's still enormously very infamous as a source of SnarkBait and parody (just look at all the various things that reference it), in terms of actual gameplay and player base it's not looking good. On top of the "covert spyware" and "lackluster ad campaigning" controversies, it's being massively out-competed by its own copycats, who've not only improved on a lot of ''Evony''[='=]s flaws as a game but also have refrained from being spyware.
